Looking for something to inspire your local choir or choral society? Our extensive range of choral repertoire includes works for Mixed Choir, Male Voice Choir, Female Voice Choir, Children’s & Youth Choirs, and Senior’s Choir, singing a Capella, with piano accompaniment, and with various other ensembles up to full orchestra.
Choral singing began to take form in the 9th & 10th Centuries, with the unison Gregorian Chant or Plain Chant. From the early Renaissance period, through composers like Palestrina , di Lasso and William Byrd true polyphonic choral music blossomed, and crescendo-ed through to a wonderful climax with Thomas Tallis’ Spem in alium for 40 parts, divided into 8 choirs.
As the form developed through the Renaissance into the Baroque period, composers such as Bach, Telemann and Händel gave the choir more and more autonomy, and through early operas and oratorios, married solo voices, choirs and orchestras together, to create these new musical forms, and inspired audiences with combinations of colours and sounds they had never before experienced.
Although there were many operas and oratorios written in the Classical period, sacred music also took a prominent role in shaping the development of choral music. While the chorus became a very useful tool on stage, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven composed many Masses, Requiems, Te Deums and Anthems to help brighten the world of church music, and uplift the hearts and souls of the congregation.
As opera continued to expand and stretch dramatic boundaries, choral music of the Romantic period was characterised by choral motets and anthems, and the oratorio grew into an even more varied and contrasting form. The oratorios Elijah and Paul are particularly noteworthy, since despite using Sacred themes, through the various musical facets at Mendelssohn’s disposal, they began to take on a much more operatic narrative. This can also be seen in the Requiems of Brahms and Verdi, where the choir itself, along with the orchestra, lead the dramatic storytelling.
Through the 20th Century, composers such as Ralf Vaughan Williams, Anton Webern, Arnold Schönberg, Benjamin Britten and Edward Elgar composed extensively for varying choral forces. Through these composers and many others, we begin to see choirs being tested and stretched, both technically and dramatically, and being pushed out of their comfort zone in order to inspire, shock and entice the audience. Works like Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius and Schönberg’s Friede auf Erden made a huge impact on the choral landscape.
In the modern era, new choral genres such as Gospel Choir, Pop Ensembles and Jazz & Swing emerged. Composers like John Rutter, Karl Jenkins, Bob Chilcott and Andrew Lloyd Webber have become very popular.
Contemporary Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 584291
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815427
Weltlich
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532576
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532444
from Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820688
Voices in Harmony
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532897
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), handbells
Choir score
Item no.: 1556335
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 643093
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 641115
featured in Glee
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810309
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810307
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810182
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802712
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003302
Fred Bock Publications
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002451
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002176
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001415
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 899995
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317572
Judith Clurman Rejoice: Honoring the Jewish Spirit Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 896665
Judith Clurman Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 896380
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [combo]
Score
Item no.: 674153
Sacred Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803985
(from Les Misérables)
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 745377
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 745139
with "Swing DOwn Chariot"
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 744975
from 'A Bronx Tale'
Broadway Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 690703
Gentry Publications
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326997
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002679
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002375
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002413
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001780
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003322
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810599
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 799665
from Pete's Dragon
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799455
From Sing
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799431
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 801024
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801047
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813935
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808042
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802162
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 602159
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 904435
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904255
Sinfonia Sacra
Music for Brass (Robert King) 602 VM
King's Chapel Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass winds (10 parts) [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 648932
PraiseSong Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169497
Pavane Secular
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168562